THREE NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS HISTIOSTOMA (ACARI, ASTIGMATA, HISTIOSTOMATIDAE) FROM DECOMPOSED ONION AND POTATO STORES IN EGYPT

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1 Fruit Mite Departement, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

2 Agricultural Zoology & Nematology Departement, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Three new species, Histlostoma zaherii n.sp., Histiostoma metwllii n.sp. and Histiostoma rakha n.sp. (Atari, Astigmata, Histiostomatidae) were described and illustrated on the basis of a survey of stored product mites associated with decaying onion and potato crops in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate (Egypt). Adult female and male were described and illustrated.

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